CAMARILLO : Malathion Spraying Scheduled Tuesday
Agriculture officials are set to conduct their 12th aerial application of the pesticide malathion over eastern Camarillo on Tuesday in the continuing battle against the crop-destroying Mediterranean fruit fly.
Barring bad weather, the now-familiar quartet of helicopters--three spraying and one guiding--will lift off from Camarillo Airport at 9 p.m. The spray mission is expected to last about four hours.
Meteorologists with the National Weather Service are predicting clear skies for most of the week. State pesticide regulations forbid the spraying of pesticides whenever there is a 50% or greater chance of rain within 24 hours after an application or whenever winds are 10 m.p.h. or stronger over the spray zone.
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